I used a heat gun to soften the double sided tape for the GPU heat sink and then I used a small screw driver to pry it up but in the process I didnt see or know there were PCB tracks around the GPU, so my cringing question is have I damaged my Voodoo card? I tested it quickly in my P3 build and nothing seems wrong but I dont know 100%

Im not sure what youre saying "On GPU: second row, last word" do you mean "BAN" short for Banshee? The two areas of damage in the red circles are what I did with the screw driver so my questions is if any of the tracks around the silicone GPU dye are broken will this render it faulty? Or are those tracks for something else im hoping they are just there and dont actually connect to anything.

GabrielKnight123 wrote:my questions is if any of the tracks around the silicone GPU dye are broken will this render it faulty?

Not necessarily, some of them might be unused (NC) or could be few of many VCCs or VDDs, no one will be able to tell you what exacly got damaged. It would be best that traces would connect to VIAs, which can be seen on GPUs PCB as small dots, hence I stated:

SSTV2 wrote: if trace got damaged before via - it's a damage and if after via - it doesn't matter.

It looks like that traces on the corner got damaged before reaching VIAs, wet that area and inspect.

I should have treated it like an egg too and I bought it from a second hand parts sale for $5 and now if I want to replace it the price is $150 from ebay so SH#%&*!@*, I suppose it will look good as an attempt at circuit board art on my wall some day when I get around to it

The Serpent Rider wrote:It is common PCB color from Gigabyte for everything 3dfx and Nvidia related. Gigabyte was already huge manufacturer back then, so this model is nothing special and can't be compared to Raven.

I know blue was a common color for Gigabyte in the early 2000s, but they were still making yellow colored boards for most models until the Tualatin\Athlon XP era. More importantly, how many Gigabyte Banshees do you see around these days? I've personally owned several very uncommon 3dfx cards (like the PCI Ravens, 2x Canopus Pure3D with VGA cable, boxed Diamond Monster II, 10MB Q3D V2, Hercules Voodoo Rush, Orchid Righteous 3D), I own a working Quantum3D Graphite, I've had a few Banshees (mostly Ensoniq, Diamond and Quantum3D), and yet I've never even had the opportunity to pick up a cheap Gigabyte Banshee, and it is one of only a few blue 3dfx cards ever made. To me, that makes it uncommon. That's all I was saying.